Douluo Continent: Becoming a God of Magic Starting with Your Martial Soul

The venue for the semi-finals was very spacious, and to ensure the safety of the contestants, the referees were replaced with more experienced teachers.

Both players were already familiar with the process and completed the name announcement without any prompting from the referee.

"Huang Chutian, Class 7, a master of offensive combat spirits."

"Lan Luoluo, a master of control-type battle spirits."

"Lan Susu, a master of control-type battle spirits."

"Class 9, Zhou Sichen, the Master of Power Attack Battle Spirit."

"Lu Yi, a master of control-type battle spirits."

"Cao Jinxuan, a master of control-type battle spirits."

Although both teams have a strong offensive and two defensive players, they are very different from each other.

The six people took their places, standing dozens of meters apart and looking at each other.

The match began with the referee's whistle.

Everyone immediately summoned their martial spirits, and spirit rings rose from their feet.

Among the many yellow century-old spirit rings, the purple spirit ring surrounding Lu Yi was extremely eye-catching, which made him the target of the three opponents' attention.

As the competition progressed to the semifinals, although neither team had ever watched the other's matches before, it did not mean that they were completely unaware of their opponents.

For Huang Chutian's team, the strongest opponent on paper is undoubtedly Dai Huabin's team.

However, this strongest team lost to Zhou Sichen's team in the round-robin stage, which was also Dai Huabin's team's only defeat.

Huo Yuhao's other team also won all fourteen matches, eliminating two teams with Soul Masters.

Because of the two teams' impressive records, Huang Chutian and his two companions had inquired about each other's tactics well in advance.

They also prepared strategies to deal with Lu Yi and Cao Jinxuan's control.

Huang Chutian and the Lan sisters maintained a respectful distance as they approached Lu Yi and his companions.

"Don't they know anything about us? How dare they stand so close?"

Seeing that the enemy formation was entirely within the range of his first soul skill, Cao Jinxuan immediately released a slowing effect on the three of them.

The three of them slowed down abruptly, and Lu Yi seized the opportunity to launch a sleeping spell at Huang Chutian.

Although the Lan sisters' control abilities were impressive, their offensive power was clearly insufficient. As long as Huang Chutian, a powerful ape spirit master, was knocked unconscious, the twins would be unable to withstand the three burly men on their side.

However, Huang Chutian did not dodge or flinch when he saw this, because he was surrounded by Lan Susu's layers of hair, and the spell had no effect on the hair.

Seeing the opponent getting closer and closer, Zhou Sichen controlled the two beast spirits to rush forward to block the opponent's advance.

Just then, Lan Luoluo's first spirit ring lit up.

"First Soul Skill: Net Casting"

The blue hairnet spread out, covering the heads of the two beast spirits, and in an instant, it tightly wrapped them.

"You seem to have forgotten that hair is afraid of fire!" Zhou Sichen didn't care that his beast spirit was trapped. He roared and activated his second beast spirit, the Flaming Tiger.

The Fiery Tiger was instantly engulfed in flames, and its hairnet began to sizzle and burn under the heat of the flames, accompanied by the smell of burning.

Lan Luoluo clearly already knew this would be the outcome, but she didn't intend to completely control the beast spirit; she only needed to buy some time.

A slight smile played on her lips, and as if sensing her intent, Lan Susu opened a gap in Huang Chutian's hair.

Huang Chutian leaped out from the crowd, heading straight for Cao Jinxuan, who could maintain stable control.

"Second Soul Skill, Power Hammer".

"Second Soul Skill, Time Lock."

Almost the instant Cao Jinxuan and Huang Chutian saw each other, they simultaneously unleashed their second soul skills.

A solid yellow ball of light shot out from Huang Chutian's thick fists, locking onto Cao Jinxuan and flying towards him.

Cao Jinxuan's Time Lock landed on Huang Chutian first, leaving Huang Chutian's body suspended in mid-air. He then hurriedly dodged the yellow orb of light that was right next to him.

As usual, Lu Yi chanted the incantation, pointing the tip of his staff at the frozen Huang Chutian.

But how could Lan Susu give Lu Yi any chance to eliminate his teammates? Her first soul skill, Net, was launched at Lu Yi as soon as she released her protection. Then she stopped holding back and headed straight for her sisters.

Through their investigation, Huang Chutian's team discovered that half of the teams that encountered Zhou Sichen's team were easily eliminated with the help of ranged soul skills, without even being able to get close to them.

Therefore, they devised the tactics just now based on the characteristics of the martial souls of the Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu sisters.

Lan Susu used her hair to create a barrier to prevent Lu Yi and Cao Jinxuan's soul skills from affecting them, so that the three of them could get close to each other.

Lan Luoluo then temporarily held off Zhou Sichen's two beast spirits, while Huang Chutian used his long-range locking technique to attack Cao Jinxuan, the stable control soul master.

With the power of Huang Chutian's second soul skill, eliminating Cao Jinxuan would not be difficult.

They also anticipated that Cao Jinxuan would control Huang Chutian, but control itself does not cause harm. As long as they can block Lu Yi's finishing blow, they are very likely to eliminate one of the opponents without taking any damage.

During this time, Zhou Sichen, who was trapped by the beast spirit, did not pose any threat.

Judging from the current situation, their tactics have been executed perfectly.

They never intended to fight a protracted battle; they went all out from the start, catching their opponents off guard with a sudden burst of energy.

Next up is their strongest trump card.

Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu, both sisters, had firm gazes. Taking advantage of the brief gap in the other's response to the attack, they retrieved their spirit rings and embraced each other.

"Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net!"

"Boom!"

A massive surge of soul power instantly enveloped the entire area, and a deep blue halo emanated from the two women, obscuring their figures, while the strands of hair swirling around them became translucent.

A huge hair net appeared, obscuring the figures of the Lan sisters.

At this point, Lu Yi was no longer able to stop the process with the Confusion Spell, and he only had two choices.

They could either continue attacking Huang Chutian despite the risk of being controlled, but they would inevitably be controlled themselves.

They might choose to abandon their attack on Huang Chutian, but in doing so, they would miss the most crucial opportunity.

Contrary to his usual practice, Lu Yi chose the second option.

"First Soul Skill, Rage - Diffindo! (Tear into pieces)"

A violent blade of energy shot out from the tip of the staff, instantly tearing apart the falling, tough hair net and slashing straight at the immobilized Huang Chutian.

No one would believe that Huang Chutian, who was completely unaware of the impending attack, could remain unharmed under this blade of energy.

So the referee made a move.

Huang Chutian's body was still under the influence of the time lock and could not move an inch, so the referee directly blocked the path of the air blade attack.

When the air blades were dispersed by the referee, the hair net landed on Lu Yi and instantly began to contract and knot.

At the same time, Cao Jinxuan, in his hasty attempt to dodge, was finally struck by the yellow orb that had been locked onto him.

Fortunately, the referee shielded him with his soul power. When the huge explosion appeared in front of him, Cao Jinxuan swallowed hard, still feeling lingering fear.

He had just tried to use his soul power to block the attack; if he had actually been hit by that blast, given his not-so-strong body, he would have been in serious trouble.

As soon as the light lock was released and Huang Chutian emerged from the darkness, he and Cao Jinxuan were uncontrollably taken off the field, where they received the news that they had been eliminated.

Zhou Sichen controlled the Flaming Tiger to burn off the hair net on its body, and escaped with the Yellow Light Bear. However, the Lan sisters' martial soul fusion skill was already completed.

At this point, less than twenty seconds had passed since the start of the battle.

With the precise coordination of Huang Chutian and his two companions, the balance of the battle seemed to have shifted.